Carlos Sainz finishes twelfth at the German GP demoted by a penalty

The Spaniard crossed the line in tenth place, but a 10-second penalty demoted him two spots.

He switched to intermediate tyres when the rain intensity was at its peak. Sadly, it was one lap earlier Vettel’s accident, which meant he couldn’t benefit from the Safety-Car as his rivals did when they changed tyres.

Carlos did a good start, but he lost positions after being stuck in traffic in two key moments during the opening lap.

QUOTES:

"It was a very weird race. You never knew the position you were in. We will have to check and analyse the reasons why we lost so many positions during the Safety-Car, because, had the story been different, we could have tried something in the closing laps. We lost many positions during the pit-stop window".

"We have to analyse what happened during the Safety-Car, also with the unlapping cars. The penalty is even better".

"I did a good start, but two cars sandwiched me and I ended up losing. Still we were fighting for points up until the pit-stop window. Now we must move on and think on the Hungarian GP. I am really looking forward to it, really looking forward to racing with the latest aerodynamic package and having a clean weekend".